NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL FINE CHEMICAL AND CUSTOM MANUFACTURING SECTOR

Monday 21 June 2010

Codexis and Merck receive Presidential award

Merck and Codexis have been awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency for their development of a novel biocatalytic method for the synthesis of diabetes drug, sitagliptin. The award recognises new technologies that help prevent pollution by reducing or eliminating hazardous waste in industrial production. Additionally, the companies have published details of the process, which uses a customised enzyme to perform a key step in the synthesis, in the journal Science.
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